Any compilation that properly anthologizes the chart history of Miss Peggy Lee is forced to sprint through 24 years, including a pair of decades that were the most culturally tumultuous of the 20th century. Such is the peril of attempting to summarize Lee's career by way of her hits, though for introductory purposes this disc is an excellent one (and her strong musical personality serves well to unify the material anyway). Beginning with "Waiting for the Train to Come In," her 1946 solo chart debu...   [ read more ]

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"The Best of Peggy Lee" this certainly isn't, though any listener who already has a copy of this brief EMI budget collection won't mind hearing Peggy Lee at the high level she attains here, if not a very memorable one. Opening with her classic rendition of "Alright, Okay, You Win," the collection includes only a pair of career highlights -- "Fever," "I'm a Woman" -- and substitutes for her other hits a gaggle of odd selections. Sure, Lee has no trouble swinging {&"The Boy From Ipanema"...   [ read more ]

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Peggy Lee spent a good many years with Capitol, and it was there that she cut some of her best sides. Save for a few years in the late '40s (and several early hits), Lee hit her stride with the label during the end of the '50s and throughout the '60s. Working in a variety of settings, from string orchestras to jazz combos, Lee applied her vocal talents to swing, blues, Latin, and cabaret. This edition of Capitol's classy Spotlight series rounds up 18 of Lee's best perfor...   [ read more ]

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